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Examination of the anterior chamber is an important technique to master. It is particularly useful in the differential diagnosis of glaucoma and for finding people at risk of...

Two of my current medico-legal cases involve claims by patients that they weren’t told by their eye specialist that they were being referred for suspect eye problems. One...

This sounds very much like a right central retinal vein occlusion. The most common cause is a blood clot, which prevents the flow of blood along the vein. Other causes include...

Your patient’s transient darkening of vision in one eye sounds like amaurosis fugax. ‘Amaurosis’ is Greek for ‘darkening’ and ‘fugax’ is Latin for ‘fleeting’. It describes a...

Patients assume that all eye specialists have a similar level of knowledge and that this is of a high level and up to date. They want to be examined by a professional and if...

I’m sorry to hear about your difficult working situation. It must be very hard for you. As you are the boss you are in a good position to change things without hiring new staff....

This sounds like corneal arcus. There are two types; arcus senilis for people over the age of 40 and arcus juvenilis for those under 40. It is usually an age-related condition in...

Throughout the World, the most common colour vision test is the Ishihara Pseudoisochromatic Plates Colour Vision Deficiency test. However, this test has some well-known flaws:...

This sounds like xanthelasma. They are yellow deposits of cholesterol underneath the skin usually on or around the eyelids. The deposits have obvious edges. In themselves, they...

It sounds to me that you have seen a Hollenhorst plaque. According to some textbooks, this is a common finding in older people. That’s not my clinical experience as I have...